NATIONAL "NEWS" It's Groundhog Day... It's Groundhog Day... It's Groundhog Day...
According to the accuracy of a small, gerbil-like rodent, and a dependency on a cloudy or clear day in Pennsylvania... we're going to have 6 more weeks of winter. As far as Chicago is concerned, this January of winter is one of the warmest Januaries on record. If we've got six more weeks of that?... um... big deal. I was actually all ready to say how useless this "holiday" is until I saw this article from Wikipedia. Groundhog day is routed in some real, actual intelligent beliefs... including the fact that Groundhog's day is one of the "quarter days" of the year--the day in the middle of the winter solstice and the spring equinox. The best thing about Groundhog's Day? The movie... which I still find hilarious, no matter how many times I see it. In a row.